The "Is It Worth Training Up?" Thread

Started by Mr Snrub November 21st, 2005 1:22 AM
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Well, I have a lvl 23 Murkrow that I busted my a$$ to get (so rare). I got it at lvl 15 and I've been training it in Pokemon Tower (I taught it Thief so it owns the gastlys ;)) but I was jsut wondering if they grow up to be good fighters
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sweet... what about hitmontop is that any good raising?
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This is now the place to ask if a specific Pokemon is worth training. If anyone is to post a new thread asking this question will have their question answered, and their thread will be closed.

I will also wisk this off to General Games Discussion because this could concern any of the Pokemon games released at the moment.

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sweet... what about hitmontop is that any good raising?
All of Hitmontop's stats (apart from its sp attack and speed) are above average and unlike most fighting types, its special attack is its highest stat. Hitmontop's movepool is a little limited though, leaving it vulnerable against gastly, haunter and gengar, it can only damage them with sandstorm, thief, pursuit, rockslide and hidden power, with only the last two options being able to deal good damage to gengar etc (and if you want to deal alot of damage with hidden power, you'll need patience, breeding and luck) But it's still worth training up, I think...
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Yes, Sudowoodo is worth it with the right move set. A bonus in link battle is that lots of people seem to think it's a grass type.

What about an Ampharos? Mine's currently level 41 on Emerald.
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First off, let me get this straight--a lvl 100 Caterpie could own the Elite Four. So if you only play ingame, pretty much any poke is worth raising, so I'm gonna do this based on link battles and the like ;).

Murkrow: A pretty poor Poke despite its rarity. I'd strongly suggest to not use it. There are much better flyers out there. And smarty arty, you said that it has a very high attack stat. 85 base atk isn't much, even for a UU....

Hitmontop: You would be much better off with one of the other Hitmons imo.

Sudowoodo: He's a pretty decent UU, but he won't do so hot if your opponent's team is full of OU's and Ubers. And you've gotta be pretty dumb to think it's a grass type lol :P

Amphoros: There are better electrics (Jolteon, Raikou, etc.), but Amphoros is still prolly worth it.

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And smarty arty, you said that it has a very high attack stat. 85 base atk isn't much, even for a UU....
Still, with a maximum attack stat of 295 and a STABed drill peck, it can do some serious damage...
What about houndour? Is he any good?
Well, houndour does evolve into houndoom, wich has good hp, speed and sp attack. Its attack is good too, but since it gets a STAB bonus from crunch and flamethrower, I think it would be quite wasted to make houndoom a physical sweeper... Houndour is definitely worth training, I'd say...

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With the proper EVs, DVs and nature, I think beedrill could make a decent pokemon. It has decent attack and speed, and can learn a bunch of physical moves and swords dance. I don't reccomend it in link battling unless your opponent doesn't know anything about EVs and movesets though.

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Probably, they have decent stats and that. I don't know about their movepool though.

By the way, should I train up my Misdreavus? I haven't used it once since I caught it, probably because I was searching for Raikou.
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on houndoom, i trained one for the battle fronteir and they're decent. i taught it fire blast (i added a ppmax), sunny day, solar beam, and bite (it doesn't learn crunch until after level 50. the only problem i find with it is it's defense. its defense is it's only drawback. it gets KOd a lot so i have to rely on my miltank and ampharos 2 win. BTW, are either ariados, ursaring, or pineco worth raising?
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How About Larvitar? Is It Worth Raising All The Way Up To Tyranitar?
Definitely, tyranitar has amazing stats and with the right moves could beat nearly anyone.
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I'm planning on raising my PORYGON2 up to the 70's just to show off to my friends in battle... but how good is it?
Pory2 is an awesome UU poke imo, and it'll prolly do pretty decent in OU. Try this moveset;) :
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Umm, is it worth training a Houndour up to a Houndoom?
For Psychic types, it's nice to have, and the Fire type is an extra bonus. But it has good stats overall: good special, good physical, special defense can take some hits but it does have one weakness: low defense, any physical can take it out. But beyond that, it's a good Pokemon to use.

So yeah, you should. For a purely special type.
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Pory2 is an awesome UU poke imo, and it'll prolly do pretty decent in OU. Try this moveset;) :
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Modest Nature (+SpAtk, -Atk)
Trait: Trace
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Thunderbolt
Ice Beam
Recover
Thunder Wave / Toxic

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Thanks for the moveset idea!
But what is UU and OU?
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uu means under used and ou i think means over used. btw is a Sentret worth raising up?
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